It’s honourable for every good work to be recognized. In the last 100 years awards have become more systemic. Greatly documented awards are given by Western countries, governments and organisations. Usually they are tagged as “global” or “international.” Surprisingly, if anything originates from the U.S. or Europe it automatically becomes international. In the areas of… Read more »
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“Our Training and January 6” by Dan Buttry
On January 6th in the U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of supporters to stop the theft of an election he claimed to have overwhelmingly won. He urged them to march down the street to the U.S. Capitol building where Congress was meeting to certify the Electoral College to show that his opponent,… Read more »
Zoom Workshops by Dan and Sharon Buttry
The Workshops Sharon and I did this past fall (October 2020) for the Buttry Center for Peace and Nonviolence at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas are all available on video now. Click here to go to the CBTS webpage with the seminars. The topics are on the theme “Moving the Dial Toward Justice: Transforming… Read more »
“A Defining Moment” by Philip Kakungulu
“Asked by the BBC to identify the defining moment in his life Desmond Tutu spoke of the day he and his mother were walking down the street. Tutu was nine years old. A tall white man dressed in a black suit came towards them. In the days of apartheid in South Africa, when a black… Read more »
“Pup Wisdom” by Mylinda Baits
Pup Wisdom: What adopting a rescue dog is teaching me about trauma, repair, resilience and relationship. By Mylinda Baits Now four months into being grounded from my scheduled global travels due to the COVID-19 quarantine, I’m grateful for the unexpected blessing and resource for resiliency that Pinto, our rescue pup has become. When we moved… Read more »